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Think before you Tweet

By Tim Fuell - February 18, 2010

The old-school love nothing better than to write headlines about the dangers of the internet and social media. But now, one of the internet’s own is trying to raise awareness of the...

World’s biggest toy shop in big domain blunder

By John - November 9, 2009

We imagine the people running the online branch of world famous toy shop Hamleys were feeling a little red-faced last week. Just as the whole world’s thoughts were turning to Christmas shopping...

Domain names become truly international

By John - November 4, 2009

Big changes are afoot in the world of domain names. By the middle of 2010, the first domains in non-Latin scripts should be up and running. This will make domain names written in...

Won’t be seeing .yu again

By John - October 5, 2009

Interesting little domain name related story in The Guardian last week. The domain name extension .yu, the country code for the now-disintegrated former Yugoslavia, was finally retired last Wednesday. This extension has been...

Could TV advertising disappear altogether?

By John - September 30, 2009

Working in the online industry, it’s easy to forget how new this internet thing is. Five years ago, the amount of online shopping was a fraction of what it is today. Ten years...

Microsoft Office is coming to your web browser

By John - July 16, 2009

Last week it was Google deciding to create its own operating system. This week it’s Microsoft making the big announcement: that the next version of Microsoft Office will be available online, for...

Fun with Firefox 3.5

By Simon - July 6, 2009

As you’ve probably heard, Firefox 3.5 has been released and is available to download. There are changes and new features in several areas, but some of the most interesting for web developers are...